Luka 11
1 Daa yenli ki jesu den jaandi ki gbeni, ko ŋɔdikaaba siigni yendo bual'o: ti Diedo, bangi ti i jaandi nani San n bangi o ŋɔdikaabi maama yeni.
One day Jesus was somewhere praying. When he finished [praying], one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us [what to say when] we [(exc)] pray, as John [the Baptizer] taught his disciples!”
2 O den ŋmian ba: i ya baa jaandi, yin maadi ne: n baà yua ye aljandini, a diema pundi.
He said to them, “When you pray, say [things like this]: ‘Father, we want you [(sg)] [MTY] to be honored/revered. [We want people to let you(sg)] [MTY, MET] rule over their lives.
3 Teni ti daali mi yentunjiema.
Give us [(exc)] each day the food [SYN] that we need.
4 tieni sugli ti biidi po kuli nani tin tiendi sugli ti lieba po teni. K ya gu ti yeni li bigli yogunu.
Forgive us [for] the wrong things that we have done, because we forgive people for the wrong things that they do to us. Do not let us do wrong things when we are tempted {[someone or something] tempts us}.’”
5 K o pugni ki maadi: li tie nani ya nulo pia o donli ko baa o yogsiigu ki miagu: “kpendin kpano bona taa.
Then he said to them, “Suppose that one of you goes to the house of a friend at midnight. Suppose that you [(sg) stand outside and] call out to him, ‘My friend, please lend me three buns!
6 Kelima n donli ba ñani u sani k ba ki can nni, ama n nan k pia ba li bonjekaali ko ba je.
Another friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived [at my house], but I have no food [ready] to give to him!’
7 Li ya sua k o donli ye jiin'o: “cedi k nfuodi, ki da mabi ni, n ganli luo, n k bidi mɔ duan'o. N kan fidi ki fii ki ten'a
Suppose that he answers you from inside [his house], ‘Do not bother me! The door has been locked {[We(exc)] have locked the door} and all my family are in bed. [So] I cannot get up and give you [(sg)] anything!’
8 n maadi, ba o ya kan fii ki ten'o ki li tie o donlugu po, o bi fii ki dugni li cɔnli po ki ten'o.
I will tell you that even if he does not [want to] get up and give you [any food], to avoid being ashamed [for not helping you] because you are his friend (OR, if without being ashamed you continue asking him to do that), he certainly will get up and give you whatever you need.
9 Yeni k n maadi: mia mani, bi ba puni; kpaan mani, i bu la; pua mani li ganli, bi ba luodi yin kua.
So I tell you this: Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you [(pl)]. Confidently keep expecting [God to give you the things that you need], and [he] will give them to you [MET]. [It will be like] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying urgently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] knocking [on a door] so that [God] will open [the way] for you [to get what you pray for].
10 Kelima, bi tieni yua miadi, ki yua kpaani laadi, ki bi luodi li ganli yua kuogi po.
Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep urgently praying for].
11 Cegdi nba ye i siigni, ŋma ya po n kpeli ke teni o biga o waa ya yogunu k o buali o jamo?
If one of you had a son who asked you [(sg)] for a fish [to eat], (you [(sg)] certainly would not give him a [poisonous] snake instead!/would you give him a [poisonous] snake instead?) [RHQ]
12 Bii, o ya buali jenli po wan ten'o o namo?
If he asked you for an egg, (you [(sg)] certainly would not give him a scorpion!/would you give him a scorpion?) [RHQ]
13 Yinba bi biid dama, i ya bani yin teni i bidi a bonŋama, taalm ŋa i ki ti Diedo bi teni fuoŋanma yaabi n bual'o kuli?
Even though you people are evil, you know how to give good things to your children. So your Father in heaven will certainly [give good things] to those who ask him, [including] giving the Holy Spirit, [who is the best gift].”
14 Daa yenli, ki jesu deli i cicibiadiga ja ba kani k o tie muuga. Li cicibiadiga n ñani li ja kani, k o ji cili maadi, ki li yaa ki lidi bi niba.
[One day there was a man there who, because a demon controlled him] [MTY], was unable to speak. After [Jesus expelled] the demon, the man [began to] talk. [Most of] the people [there] were amazed.
15 K bonciali ji cili ke maadi: ... ne tie Belisebuul paalu po i, mu cicibiadimu canbaa, k o tugi ki bieli li cicibiadimu.
But some of them said, “It is Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons, who enables [this man] to expel demons!”
16 B tiama, ban den bua ban piugu ku diagu, ki bi bual'o ki wan tieni mi bama bii paligu k li ñani polu po ki ban diidi.
Other [people there] asked Jesus to perform a miracle [to prove (he was the Messiah/that he had come] from God) [MTY/EUP]. They wanted to trap him [into not being able to perform a miracle or into doing something ridiculous].
17 Ama nani wan bo bani bi maalima k o jiin ba: o tɔbu n pua ya dogu, a diena yi baali, ki li ŋmadili ye.
But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, “If [the people in] one nation fight against each other, their nation will be destroyed {[they] will destroy their nation}. If [the people in] [MTY] one house are divided, they will cease to remain as one [family].
18 I maal k n bieli mu cicibiadimu besebuul yeli po. Li ya tie yeni, mi bɔgidma bo ba tieni sitaani diema nni. O diema bo ba bia fanma.
[Similarly], if Satan [and his demons] were fighting against each other, (his rule over them would [certainly] not last!/how would his rule over them last?) [RHQ] [I say this] because you are saying that I am expelling demons by [the power of] the ruler of [his own demons]
19 Lan ni, li ya tie k n bieli mu cicibiadimu belsebuul yeli po, ŋma nan tieni i niba o paalu ki bi paagdi bi yiama. Li po n cedi k bi tie i po buud dama
Furthermore, if [it is true that] Satan enables me to expel demons, [is it also true that] your disciples [who] expel demons [do so] by [Satan’s] power [RHQ]? [No, that is not true]. So they will show that you [are not thinking logically].
20 Ama, li ya tie U Tienu paalu po k bieli mu cicibiadimu, U Tienu diema pundi i kani.
But because it is by the power [MTY] of God [that I expel demons], I am showing you [that the power of] God to [MET] rule [people’s lives] has come to you.”
21 Ya nulo pia mi tuama ki gɔ pia ti tɔb tiadi ki gu o deni, o ŋalimano kuli ye li wuoli nni.
Then, [to show that by expelling evil spirits he was making it clear that he was much more powerful than Satan, Jesus said] [MET], “When a strong man who has many weapons guards his own house, no one can steal the things in his house.
22 Ama yua ya paa ki cie ya kɔni yen'o, o yi fie o tɔb tiadi kuli yen o ŋalimano ki bɔgdi
But when someone else who is stronger attacks that man and subdues him, he is able to take away the weapons in which the man trusted. Then he can take from that man’s house anything he [wants to].
23 ya nulo ki tie n yua, tie n yibalo, k yua ki taagi yen nni, yadi yaali k n taan nni.
[No one can be neutral]. Those who do not help me [are opposing] me, and those who do not gather [people to become] my [disciples] are causing [those people] to go away [from me].”
24 Ya yogunu k bi deli cicinbiadiga, o yi sani ki ban kua li fuali nni, ki kpaani naan kani ko ba fuodi, ama o ya ki la naani k o ba kua, o yi yedi o ba nni: nba guani naani k n bo ñani.
[Then Jesus said this]: “[Sometimes when] an evil spirit leaves someone, it wanders around in desolate areas seeking [someone in whom it can] rest. If it does not find anyone, it says [to itself], ‘I will return to the person in whom I used to live!’
25 O yi guani ki sua ki bi tingni lan ya kaano ki ŋanbi.
So it goes back and finds that [the Spirit of God is not in control of that person’s life. The person’s life is like] a house that has been {that someone has} swept clean and everything put {put everything} in order, [but a house that is empty].
26 Li ya tieni yeni, o yi guani ki gedi ki ban kpaani o lieba bonbi lele, k bi bia ki ciegu k pugni o po, ban ji ya ye. Li nulo yinyienu ji ŋanbi ki pa k cie cincinli.
Then [this evil spirit] goes and gets seven other spirits that are [even] more evil than it is. They [all] enter [that person] and [begin] living there. [So], [although] that person’s condition [was bad] before, it became much worse.”
27 Yayogunu k o maadi yeni, k o pua ba yigni bi niba nni: pamanli ya pua mal'a ki ŋaan'a o biili
When Jesus said that, a woman who was listening called out [to him], “[God is] pleased with the woman who gave birth to you [(sg)] and let you nurse [at her breasts]!”
28 K Jesu ŋmian o: li pamanli ŋanbi ki ye yaabi n cengi m maama ki gɔ cɔln ni li kuli.
But he replied, “God [is] much more pleased with those who hear his message and obey it!”
29 Bi niba bo baadi ki pugdi, k o maadi: ti yogu ne niba tie nibiidi, bi o paligu po, ama bi ji kan la paligu ke li ya tie Jonas n bo tieni yaali ka.
When the group of people around [Jesus] got larger, he said, “[Many of] you people who have been observing my ministry are evil. You want [me to perform] a miracle [to prove that I have come from God], but the only miracle that [I] will perform for you is one [like happened to] Jonah.
30 Nani Jonas n bo tie bama Ninif nib po yen, o nulo bijua mɔ baa tie mɔlane niba ne po bama i.
[After Jonah was inside a huge fish for three days, God performed] a miracle [to restore] Jonah. [Jonah then went and testified about that] to the people in Nineveh [city. God will perform] a similar miracle [for me], the one who came from heaven. [When you people have seen that miracle, you will believe my message].
31 Daajijuogu daali, o yanbangu puo bado, bu fii ki kɔniyeni li yogunu niba, kelima o ba li ŋandunli ni ki bua cengi Salumɔ tundli yaali gbie yeni mi yanfuoma. Ama bonli nan ye ne cie salumɔ.
[Long ago the] queen from [Sheba], [far] south [of Israel, traveled a long distance to hear Solomon speak many] wise things. But now [I, a man] who [is much] greater [and wiser] than Solomon, am here, [but you have not listened to what I have told you]. Therefore, at the time when [God] judges [all people], the queen from [Sheba] will stand there, [along] with you people, and will condemn you.
32 Li daajijuogu daali, Ninif niba bu fii ki kɔni yeni bi yogu yab. Kelima bi ŋa damiwoncili ki cengi jonas maama. Ama k bonli ye ki cie Jonas ne kanba.
The people who lived in Nineveh [city] turned from their sinful ways when Jonah preached to them. But now I, who am greater than Jonah, have come [and preached to you], [but you have not turned from your sinful ways]. Therefore, at the time when God judges [all people], the people who lived in Nineveh will stand there with you and condemn you.”
33 Nul kan cuoni fidili ki wuon i lɔdign ni bii ki cunbni bobli. N n, bi yi tuani naani ki ya niba n kua gu diegu nni, n la mi yinyenma.
[Then, to show them that they did not need more miracles, but that they needed only to understand better what he had already told them, he said to them] [MET], “People who light a lamp do not then hide it, or put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that those who enter [their house] can see [things from] its light. [Similarly, I have not concealed God’s truth. I have revealed it to you].
34 A nuni tie nani fidili yeni ki yendi a gbanu. A nuni ya ye laafia nni, a gbanu kuli ye mi yinyenma nni, ama a nuni ya ki pia laafia, a gbanu kuli ye li bonli nni.
Your eyes [MET] are like a lamp for your body, because they enable you to see things. If your eyes are healthy, you are able to see everything well [MET]. [Similarly, if you(sg) accept my teaching, you will be able to know all that God wants you to know]. But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see anything. It is like being in darkness [MET]. [And similarly, if you(pl) do not accept what I teach, you will not be able to know all the things that God wants you to know].
35 Tien suoo ki ŋanbi ki diidi, ke a fidili n da cua yeni bonbonli a po.
Therefore, [you(pl) do not need to see more miracles. You need to think carefully about what I have already] told you, so that the things that you have heard from others do not cause you to remain in spiritual darkness [MET].
36 A gbanu kuli ya ye mi yinyenma nni, ki ba bɔgdima ki ye bonbonli nni, l baa tie a po nani li fidili n tien a mi yinyenma.
If you [live completely according to God’s truth, you will be able to know everything that God wants you to know. It will be like] being in a room with a lamp shining brightly, enabling you to see everything clearly.”
37 Ban bo maadi ya yogunu yeni, ki farisien ba yin jesu k wan ba ki je o deni. Ki jesu kua li ja deni, ki cili ki ba je,
While Jesus finished saying those things, a Pharisee invited him to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to [his house] and ate with him.
38 ke farisien bandi k o cili ki je, k ki ŋuudi o nugi. k li ya k lid'o.
The Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not follow the Pharisees’ ritual by washing his hands before eating. [The Pharisees washed their hands in a certain way to be cleansed from anything that might have contaminated them. They were afraid that God might reject them if they] had [touched something unacceptable to God].
39 K jesu jiin k maadi: yinb farisien nba, i yi ŋanbi ki wuli, ki caadi, ama ki pala nni gbie yen o naayidbu yen mi biadima.
The Lord [Jesus] said to him, “You Pharisees are [concerned about things that are outside your bodies, not with what is in your] ([inner beings/hearts]) [MET]. You wash the outside of cups and dishes [before you eat because you think that doing that will make you acceptable to God], but within yourselves you are very greedy and wicked.
40 Yinbi, i ki bani k yua tagi niin po, wan tagi deni mɔa?
You foolish people! [God] is concerned about things that are outside [our bodies], but (he is certainly also concerned about our inner [beings]!/isn’t he also concerned about our hearts?) [RHQ]
41 Teni mani U Tien yaali ye i pala nni kuli k o bu ŋanbi.
Give [money] to those who are poor. [Give according to what you know within] your (inner [/heart]) [that you should give]. Then you [will be surprised to realize that] you will be acceptable [to God without having to perform all those rituals about washing].
42 Ama yubonli i po, farisien nba, i di jodi boncianli bonli kuli nni, k k bua ki maadi i mɔmɔni, k gɔ sundi U Tienu buama po. Yin bo baa tien yaali, k da ŋa li ba kuli yeni.
But there will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees! You give to God a tenth of [all you produce, even] the various herbs that you grow, but you do not [remember that you must act] justly [toward others] and love God! It is good to [give a tenth of your income to God], but you ought to do these other things also!
43 Yubonli i po, farisien nba, kelima i maan a kankaan cincina ti jandiedi nni. I bua ki ban fuondi bi niba n yabi naani.
There will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees, because you like [to sit in] the best seats in our worship places [so that people will think highly of you], and you like people to greet you [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
44 Yubonli i po, i naani yen ya kula ki naani yeni bonli, k bi tɔgdi bii k cuoni li po k jeje k ye.
There will be terrible punishment for you, because you are like ground where there is no marker [to indicate that there is a] grave [underneath]. People walk there, but they cannot see [what is rotten down below] [MET]! [Similarly, people who see you do not realize how polluted you are within yourselves].”
45 Wan maadi yeni, ki yiko tudka gaa ti jadi ki bual'o: ... canbaa, a maadi k ŋan sugd ti bi.
One of those who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, by saying this you [(sg)] are criticizing us [also]!”
46 Jesu maadi: yubonli a po fin yiko daan'o ne. I tungi bi niba ya tuga kpiagi, ama, yinba mɔno ki bua yin sii ba i nugi li ba kuli ya po.
Jesus said, “It will be terrible also for you who teach the [Jewish] laws! You require people [to obey many rules that are difficult to obey] [MET]. [That is like making them] carry heavy burdens on their backs. But you yourselves do not obey the laws [that you require others to obey]. (OR, you do not do anything to help [others to obey the laws].)
47 Yubonli i po, kelima i t iendi ti bontitagdi ki nangi U Tienu tondi yaaba ki yajaanb bo kpaab.
There will be terrible punishment for you! You decorate the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed, [but you do not live according to what the prophets taught].
48 I wangi yeni mɔni i yaajaanba n bo sɔni ya tuonbiidi kuli: bi kpa U Tienu tondi, ki mɔa maa bi kula.
So you are declaring that you approve of what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you [are not honoring the prophets! You just] decorate their tombs!
49 Li ya po k U Tienu, o yanfuoma nni bo maadi: “n te bi sɔni ntondi yeni n ŋɔdikaaba; i ba kpa tiama, ki cagni yaaba n sieni”.
So God, who is very wise [PRS], said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles [to you Jews]. [You] will kill some of them and cause some of them to suffer greatly.
50 Li po n cedi ke ti yogunu yaaba te bi pa, U Tienu tondi yaaba ki bi kpabi kuli hali li ŋandunli cilima.
[As a result, I] will consider that many of you people [who have observed my Son’s ministry] will be guilty [MTY] [of murder, as if you had] killed all the prophets that other people have killed, from the time I created the world,
51 Ki cili Abel kuuma, ki pan gedi Zakali kuuma li jaandi binbindli po. N maadi, ti yogunu yaaba, te kan fidi ki buu bi buudi ki gbeni.
starting from [Adam’s son Cain] killing [his brother] Abel and continuing until they killed the prophet Zechariah [in the holy place] between the altar and the temple.’ Yes, what I am saying [is true] [MTY]. [God] will punish you people who have observed my ministry, you people whom [he] considers to be guilty [MTY] for [killing] all those prophets!
52 Yubonli i po, yinba yiko tundikaaba, i tugi mi banma k li cie bonli kuli. L k tie ki kan la U Tienu baba ka, ama i bi pani bi niba boncianli, ki bi kan fidi ki kua.
There will be terrible punishment for you men who teach the [Jewish] laws, because you have [not let people] know [God’s truth] [MET]! [It is as though you are] taking away a key [to a house]. You are not going into [the house] yourselves, and you are not letting other people enter it, either.”
53 Jesu n bo ñani gu diegu nni, ki yiko gbanbanda yeni farisien nba ji tudi o, ki bual'o i buali boncianli.
After Jesus finished saying those things, he left there. Then the men who taught the [Jewish] laws and the Pharisees began to act in a very hostile way toward him. They tried to make him say what he thought about many things.
54 Bi ji den kpaani wan baa jiini yaali, lan cua yeni kɔnli.
They kept waiting for him to say something [wrong] for which they could accuse him.
